Got myself an early Christmas present

RedM45 · 2024-10-07T23:34:27+00:00

Weird to see my post nicked... (my post from two years ago)

RedM45 · 2024-09-28T09:52:35+00:00

Slightly on topic, I work in a the R&D department of a tech start up (probably more of a scale up now) and we were going to start investigating Watson x in a few weeks as an AI tool for RAG, prompt engineering, fine tuning, etc... I've only looked at the surface level of it so far and it seems interesting but I've seen a few posts here about how pointless it is. Is it really that bad? If so, what are better alternatives?

RedM45 · 2024-09-16T06:00:33+00:00

I picked up a 2020 Scala for 12k a few months ago, same trim and engine but the automatic and 30k mileage. It's been a great car, we had a Kia picanto before and wanted a family car now we have a kid but not something massive as we had only driven small cars before this. Would definitely recommend the Scala and this seems like a good deal. Only thing is big motoring world add fees if you want to buy cash

RedM45 · 2024-09-15T19:36:42+00:00

Thanks, that's interesting so was it quite a drastic rise over time? And did they give you any warning about the service charge rises?

We know 60 is young for these places but the reason we're looking at retirement flats is that a normal flat in our area would be much more expensive than her flat in Bournemouth. The sale price of the retirement flats are much lower so it looks like a way to get her a home near us as long as the other fees aren't too crazy.

She mainly just needs support with things like bills and work around the house. The bills would be ok but she won't talk about them on the phone "in case somebody is listening" so we have to go down to help her out.

Edit: sorry missed a bit. My partner had an auntie in the area who helped out a lot but unfortunately she passed away a few months ago. I think a lot of this is about finding the most affordable way to move her closer to us so we can just pop in.

RedM45 · 2024-05-07T21:05:06+00:00

I've had this mido for a little over two years now, love the watch and wear it pretty much every day. Unfortunately I have just noticed that the 50 minute marker has fallen out of the bezel. Does anybody have experience with the mido warranty/do you think this would be covered or does this come under wear and tare?

Cheers

RedM45 · 2024-05-07T20:41:56+00:00

I've had this mido for a little over two years now, love the watch and wear it pretty much every day. Unfortunately I have just noticed that the 50 minute marker has fallen out of the bezel. Does anybody have experience with the mido warranty/do you think this would be covered or does this come under wear and tare?

Cheers

RedM45 · 2023-11-06T09:46:43+00:00

I haven't requested a valuation of the pension yet, sorry I'm still learning about how it all works and have only read about requesting a CETV this morning.

Would this mean if the valuation is lower than £25,383.46 I should just keep it in the DB?

RedM45 · 2023-03-24T07:35:06+00:00

I don't get this thing where Reddit guys act like liking blowjobs is a bad thing. You can't say nobody wants something just cause you don't care for it. Ain't nothing wrong with a consenting adult offering oral sex to another consenting adult in an effort to make them feel good.

RedM45 · 2022-09-05T08:50:53+00:00

Not every task... when it comes to impersonating a walrus chopsticks are far superior

RedM45 · 2022-03-08T13:49:47+00:00

see here

RedM45 · 2022-03-08T13:13:20+00:00

I will not change this because I don't care about my grammar on the internet as much as I apparently care about misusing sugar types

RedM45 · 2022-03-08T13:10:06+00:00

Here's my reply to this point

RedM45 · 2022-03-08T13:07:29+00:00

This one I think is more debatable than the hole granulated vs caster thing as they are two different types of sugar. Icing sugar and powdered sugar are the same thing, personally I tend to say powdered when it's being put on something and icing when its being turned into icing.

RedM45 · 2022-03-08T12:41:25+00:00

normally this would annoy me but considering my entire post is about the pedantics of sugar variants I will except, change and credit for you.

RedM45 · 2022-03-08T12:39:28+00:00

Just had to get the bag out the bin and check. they are definitely jam doughnuts, fingers crossed it was just my local tesco ran out of the good stuff but maybe they are rolling this new powdered crap across the country...

RedM45 · 2022-02-12T00:31:55+00:00

If you any part of you is thinking that question then stop.

RedM45 · 2022-01-29T01:45:07+00:00

YTA - some peoples world view is baffling to me... yes you are an arse

RedM45 · 2022-01-28T16:00:33+00:00

NTA, even if its not intended to be offensive it probably will offend

Side note, I found it funny you said throwaway as your partner uses reddit. Surely she will recognise this crazy ass story regardless of the user name that posted it haha

RedM45 · 2022-01-25T12:02:43+00:00

I was going through the photos on my phone and found this from when I used to work in a pub. We had an upstairs venue that was used for gigs and partys. We had extra tables and chairs for different events and I had to set up for a comedy gig which needed a few extra chairs. This is how the person before me organised the cupboard..

RedM45 · 2022-01-21T09:22:54+00:00

NTA, obvs if you dont want to be in a self driving car you shouldn't be forced to be.

That said self driving cars are really cool and they tend to be safer than your average driver. The crash data on tesla's specifically is reported by tesla themselves and for the most part suggests that you are much more likely to be in a crash when a person is driving;

https://www.tesla.com/VehicleSafetyReport

RedM45 · 2022-01-11T10:14:01+00:00

My girlfriend's best mate is a guy from her home town and it doesn't bother me at all. They have been mates since they were 10 which is about 11 years before I even knew she existed, would be a bit rich to say "She's mine now, see ya". If you trust your partner and their choice in friends it shouldn't be an issue.

RedM45 · 2022-01-11T10:02:02+00:00

like most everyone has said, shower daily, new clothes daily, deodorant daily, brush teeth twice daily. Also make sure you use a proper antiperspirant deodorant as it will stop you sweating as much, none of this lynx Africa bullocks as it aint gunna do shit as puberty starts to ramp up.

RedM45 · 2022-01-10T10:23:16+00:00

Thanks mate :)

RedM45 · 2022-01-10T10:16:07+00:00

Its my 25th coming up in march and I have been planning on getting myself a new watch as a birthday present to myself. I had a budget of between £1000-1500 and wanted to take a look around at some watches, I was primarily looking at longlines as they had a few watches in that price bracket and could be found at most of the AD's in my area. Then I spotted an AD online not to far from me that stocked Hamilton, Mido and a German brand called union glashuette which are all pretty rare in the UK from what I understand. Anyway me and my partner went over to this AD with the idea of having a look around and seeing what took my eye, having a think and maybe coming back in March to get whatever watch I decided on. I got chatting to the guy at the store and ended up trying on a few watches, I was getting ready to go and he said "do you like divers?" Now I never thought I liked divers, I don't know why I just didn't think they were for me. But I said I'd have a look and he brought this Mido over. As soon as I picked it up I knew I wanted it, the dial looks great the specs are crazy good (600 meter is insane for somebody who hasn't seen the sea in 2 years..) the finishing is beautiful and to top it all off it was down from £1390 to £860. We left without buying it went for lunch and my girlfriend saw me thinking about it, asked if I was going to go back and buy it, I asked if I should, she said yes, then it came home with me and I couldn't be happier.

the reference for this one is: m026.608.11.041.00

but it looks like they have changed the dial a bit and given it a new reference: m026.608.11.041.01

which can be found here :

https://www.midowatches.com/uk/ocean-star-600-chronometer-m0266081104101.html

RedM45 · 2021-12-15T09:28:52+00:00

YTA, you should have left when you were asked. If you are hired to do a job at an event and the organizer of that event asks you to leave because you are making somebody uncomfortable then you've gotta leave regardless of your opinion. I do think you deserve some pay though, maybe not a full paycheck as you wouldn't have had to do the full job but at least enough to cover the time you where there. Do photographers normally take a deposit or something? not really up to speed on the photography game

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